The ACL handling in rsyslog 3.12.1 to 3.20.0, 4.1.0, and 4.1.1 does not follow $AllowedSender directive, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and spoof log messages or create a large number of spurious messages.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-17T02:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:56:47.372Z

Reserved: 2008-12-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-5617

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-17T02:30:00.203

Modified: 2017-08-08T01:33:25.407

Link: CVE-2008-5617

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